kristin ayers is in oaklands montclair neighborhood with the effort to restore power for everyone.>> reporter: tonight pg&e is saying the work to restore power all over the bay area is solidly underway. you can see montclair lit up again tonight after 24 hours where people said it looked like a ghost town. this evening police were monitoring traffic and montclair village when suddenly the lights came back on. in moraga the lights snapped back on at this shopping center just before 7 pm. pg&e said there are still 5000 customers in other parts of contra costa county who could have to wait until six tomorrow evening to get their power back. >>> i definitely think it could've been handled differently and better. i think it could've been communicated more efficiently. as somebody who works in coming occasions i understand how important communication is. they could have given people more of a heads up or provided more resources. make sure their website was fully functioning. >>> i'm going to get solar. that is my plan. i'm looking into that right now. i think it will happen more often.>> r

we have a couple of schools in hills, montclair elementary. there a lot of schools in the. parker elementary, elmhurst united. they are on either side of castle mott high school. castle mott is unaffected. according to this list so far. it's an interesting haphazard looking map that affects some schools that you might think are affected like in the hills. and others are not affected. you would have to ask pg&e about that. chief may be able to comment that her. my understanding, it's because the schools are fed by the powerlines they are turning a. the power feed lines. those go directly to the schools in those neighborhoods. is that accurate chief? >> we just got more information about how to make our decisions. thank you. >> deputy chief, oakland fire. answering questions about how it selected. pg&e has given us a map of where the projected public safety shutdown is. it is not a straight line. it's tied into how the grid system, the electrical grid system is set up. where they can isolate circuits. is what they explained to us. and how the wiring is configured on their inf

serving mayor in montclair's history. mr. eaton left a lasting legacy in the city. his achievements include vital improvements to the city's critical infrastructure and facilities. i urge my colleagues to support this bill for my friend norma torres, and with that, i yield ack. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. rouda: thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspended rules and pass the bill, h.r. 3329. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid n the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. rouda: i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to the bill, h.r. 1972. the speaker pro tempore: t

here in the montclair district of oakland, the businesses are still shut tight. this restaurant behind me, the owner told me it's becoming an extreme hardship. >> we're having that conversation right now. we are having that conversation amongst the partners. >> for rob lamb, the owner of the pearl restaurant in oakland's montclair district, this latest power shutoff may prove to be a setback he can't survive. closed since friday, the outage has already cost him $40,000 and counting. >> so you're in the day four. >> yeah, day four of a really crucial end o. monf the month, of holiday parties and everything going on, so yeah, it's a real heartbreaker. >> what do we have in there. >> these are some of the items that we could actually try to save. >> reporter: lamb rented a generator to keep his perishables cold, and he's continue to go pay his 20 employees. but faced with the prospect of more days without power. >> the real concern is my staff, going five days, these are hard working people, and they got to pay rent coming up. >> reporter: in lafayette, it's a giant

that's the latest near the montclair neighborhood of oakland. i'm melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you, melissa. >>> now, if your lights are still on and you're unsure whether they're going to go off in a couple of hours, we want to help you. the pg&e website has been problematic. in fact, it's been crashing. they told us a few minutes ago they have a new website, although they have not yet kbifn us the website address. >> we don't want to pile on pg&e, but we have created a map at nbc bay area that works. let's bring in chris chmura with tips how to navigate. we want to put in the address of our home and know is the power going to go out. >> let me tell you thou do that. first and foremost, here it is. nbcbayarea.com. you can zoom around like so. you can use your fingers. if you have a touch screen or move around with your mouse and check out neighborhoods. here is what most people want to do. let me reset it. we're going to go to this box right here. a magnifying glass, type in the address, hit the enter key which i'm going

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at montclair florist, the outage led to spoiled product and no phone or online orders. the bulk of the business. >> even though they tried to call and online and they tried so hard and they cannot get through. would anyone keep trying and trying again? >> reporter: a text message alerted residents that power was restored this morning. for this seamstress, a lost day of business meant a backlog of orders. next-door on the same street, no work was being done. cbs was closed as well is to restaurants. even though power was restored this morning there were indications restoration could have been delayed until the evening which may explain why europa is still shut down. >> an inspector came by here and saw the lights. he was so upset. he said the electricity is on so close the store. >> reporter: the massive outage was a lesson in drastic measures taken to prevent west coast wildfires. >> yeah, i said i was blown away. i didn't know a whole state could basically pull the plug. i have never heard of that before. >> reporter: this was a regional event, not a statewide event. i

there's downed power line in the montclair neighborhood so they're working on that. near skyline nearly 4,000 people in oakland without power there. we're going to move down south even further. let's go around castro valley. in this area, right around there, 1,600 people without power. this is updated at 5:35 p.m. so, just in the last half hour we're getting these updates. we're going to go to the south bay where the power is slowly starting to come on. robert handa is down there. he noticed lights coming back on. san jose is like the allen rock area, the foothills of east san jose. los gatos is a greater area but you can see not many people around los gatos without power right now. this area along highway 17. that's mostly in the foothills and along the santa cruz mountains. so, the power is slowly coming back on. we've seen about 100,000 customers come back on in the last hour. so, that's very good news. it is a slow process, but they're working on it right now. >> thank you. good information there. let's take you outside. it's 6:15 now, live view in san jose. it i

businesses in the montclair district. >> this was a ghost town when the power was out.>> reporter: athop he said the last time it was shut off customer stopped coming. three it was totally talk and we lost a day of work. >> reporter: electricity allows the barbershop to work better.>> there are clippers, the biggest thing is light. we need like to see what we are doing.>> reporter: at this point we are waiting on word to see if they will issue a 48 hour notice about the shutdown. 48 hours from now would take us at. 48 hours from now would take us at 4:17 pm saturday afternoon. we are live in san francisco, ktvu fox news. struck one area in san mateo valley. three we find our reporter. they try to make the best of the situation.>> reporter: good afternoon. pg&e says they hope to have the lines inspected service within 24 hours. some residents had to rely on a backup plan. in the landscape of the kings mountain section of woodside this is the sounds of modern living. he says his propane powered generator kicked on automatically early thursday. after pg&e issued a shut off weather and wi

at mash gas and food in oakland's montclair neighborhood, the manager says the lines have been long since 6:00 a.m. tuesday with people waiting to fill up their tanks in preparation for the power outage and lines were still long tonight. >> i'm from the east coast and i just like to be on the safe side in case things are shut down. >> reporter: with people arriving from different directions, a gas station attendant and oriole barrier were needed to the lines moving in one direction. >> adjustable beam and -- >> reporter: the owner of this hardware store says people are buying battery, lanterns and hundreds of flashlights. customers say trips to several stores were necessary. scramble everything. i have most things at home but we have a 14 month old baby so baby food and then a couple flashlights. >> reporter: unified is among the bay area school district that canceled class on wednesday. at washington elementary there was a note posted. we caught up with one father. >> i called my wife to figure out what we're going to do. >> reporter: what are you going to do? >> somebody is going to tak

this gas generator these plumbers busy but montclair barbers not so much. the owner said it's okay. >> it's like a holiday. an extra holiday for me. it's great. >> enjoy your day off. >> thank you. >> reporter: this nearby lucky store brought in two giant industrial generators and rema ed open this morning until they ran out of diesel. >> this is great because this is earthquake practice. these guys here have planned for some kind of an event like this and they have these generators and they are actually in business. >> although they ran out of gas apparently. >> yes. but that's practice. >> reporter: and pennell, noe valley road is black except for the intersection at ramona street. police on hand with lights on and makeshift stop signs. but they laid the clock on the role at the high school frozen in time, 10:47 pm. the power was cut so no school today. >> how about parents, have they been supported or frustrated. >> we have been. they're going through the same thing themselves. summer struggling to find childcare. i'm sure today others of them don't have

we were in montclair where people had power but no cable, internet or home security.omcast xfinity services were down in 34 count tis. the company says the services rely on commercial power from pg&e and that service cannot be restored until the power is back. >> in the morning they said it would be back on by the 17th of october. now they just say they're working on it. >> the situation has been difficult for us to predict because the forecast that pg&e has given was in the four to seven day range. >> people we spoke to were thankful to have their services back but they'd like future information to be more organized. >> classes at uc berkeley has been canceled tomorrow. all students and personnel should refrain from coming to the main campus. sonoma state and holy state are also closed along with the sonoma district. most others will open on friday. for an in depth look head over to ktvs.com. we're in much better shape tonight than last night. red flag warnings have expired . if you look at the map, the om place we have the red is by the sierras. that's where they're

the construction is in the montclair neighborhood with a shorter closure between mountain boulevard andstreet. >>> 4:17 am.sal is right there. wide-awake and what he to go. you take care the folks? >> yes. good morning to you both. we will start with a look at the commute. if you are driving from gilroy are is off to a nice start. and if in the main region, it'sis why people get u early, c can have a nice drive. there have been no problems on downtown san jose freeways. this is a live look at northbound 280. if you're on the freeways in oakland, it's also off to a nice start. visibility is good. i can tell by looking at this picture and their other runways at sfo. let's go to steve. >> i love that. >> it's nice, isn't it? >> i don't think i've ever heard you say highway 25. that's a new one. >> yes. 25 has become quite the highway that could. it's gets slow these days. >> i believe it. let's get to it. >>> clear skies and temperatures will be above average for most of the week.il mid 70s. no a little dip tomorrow and then back up. y into friday. the fire weather watch is out. it's just

oakland montclair shopping district and officer outside dark storefronts. in fremont at mission boulevard one of the city's busiest intersections police officers were directing traffic by hand for some time. until their engineers caltrans jerryrigged a solution. portle ne contbox the poone ectipoweshut none out s only police department in the bay area to impose a pedestrian curfew within the shut off area. officers were out in force looking for anyone walking around in the dark. by midnight a sergeant spotted chris and jason gomez walking along hill avenue. >>> one of the individuals had broken glass on his clothing. eventually found what appears to be some burglary tools. 50 feet away from where the guys were located. we found two vehicles that had theipassenger windows broken open. >> reporter: as for another curfew that is a big decision involving the mayor the city attorney and the city manager. they say it will be a gametime decision depending on how much power is still out in hi the st batoday. it got really bad on some of the ridge tops. aaron peck j

. >> reporter: he lost $1500 last thursday at his flower shop in the oakland montclair district because of the power outage. >> some flowers went bad and we had to throw them away. >> reporter: now, he might get compensated for at least some of the loss. on monday, governor newsom said pg&e mismanaged the power shut off and said the utility should give each residential customer or household automatic credit or a rebate of $100 and he said small businesses should get $250. >> it's never enough but anything helps in better than nothing. >> reporter: in a letter to pg&e, newsom said the outage was the result of the utility prioritizing profit over public safety for decades and said the rebate should be funded by shareholders, not ratepayers and he said that kathleen called beryl kept her bookstore open in the dark. her business plunged 75% that day. >> i think it's right and a lot of people lost a lot of money and it was unnecessary to have the entire business district shut down. >> reporter: she said a rebate would not be enough. >> $250 is a start. but i think that pg&e also owes us an a

fruitvale, howard, montclair, sequoia, elmhurst skyline and sojourner truth are closed. all other oakland public schools are open. there are many closures in the north bay. we have a complete list on abc7news.com. >>> the my of morgan hill is enforcing a curfew overnight. it was supposed to go into effect at 7:00 p.m. but was delayed until the power was turned off. city officials say they wanted to do this to reduce the chance of criminal activity in the areas impacted by the outages. >>> pg&e gave an update on the outage last night. dan noyes was there. >> he asked about pg&e's efforts to improve the safety of overhead power lines. that much more quickly that's the key reason you are doing this because you can't trust your own equipment at this point, correct? >> we are not necessarily saying that we can't trust our equipment. the factor of safety that existed in the environment naturally when the electrical systems were compromised does not exist anymore. >> the utility says they restored power to 50,000 people in the sierra foothills. >>> it is 4:40. talking about tha

it appears the ba >> in oakland montclair district, the greek restaurant cucina received a rebel calle message, get ready. >> the call says to get prepared, because they will be shutting down alameda county, power in alameda county, tomorrow starting at 5 pm. >> reporter: this will be the second time this month, pg&e's public safety power shut off forced the restaurant to temporarily close. it could mean at least another $10,000 in losses. >> it affects our business, it affects my employees and customers. it affects everything. we still have to pay bills here. >> reporter: the restaurant owner collect as much ice as possible to keep some of the food from spoiling. all of the meat will have to be tossed. >> if it was one time and they and tried to fix it, it wouldn't be so upsetting. >> reporter: cole star restaurant has created a blackout fish fry section. these customers were looking for flashlights. they got notified the neighborhood was in the power shut off zone. >> reporter: the hardware store itself will remain open. it has a backup generator. >> we need to supply the community.

this is the montclair neighborhood. you saw a police vehicle right in the middle of the street there. we are seeing huge swaths in the dark tonight. just look at that. >> now pg&e confirmed the shutoffs in the last 30 minutes for parts of the east bay, south bay, and santa cruz counties. the shutoff process will continue for the next hour in the counties highlighted there in orange. >> we have live team coverage around the bs i tt >> let's begin wit meteorologist sandhya patel who is tracking the gusty winds. you say those dangerous winds have finally arrived. >> absolutely. let's take a look at those winld gusts. 41 miles an hour at knoxville creek. 42 at hawkeye. take a look at the hour by hour forecast. midnight tonight, lower elevations looking at 35 to 36-mile-an-hour wins, picking up to 37 in the wee hours of the morning. 41 miles an hour at calistoga at 7:00 a.m. fire danger elevated. red flag warning going for the north and east bay through 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. then for the santa cruz mountains until noon. it's a

friends in montclair, oakland hills. some in hayward still had power out 8:00/7:30 last night but we don't have any major problems. a smooth drive along the peninsula, toward the bay bridge, where we expect to see early slowing. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> breaking news we're coming now, a brush fire exploding overnight, destroying homes, threatening lives, in southern california. live video in fact of the fire from knbc's helicopter. it is called the saddle ridge fire, burning south of the grapevine along interstate 5. the fire is affecting the cities of sylmar, granada hills and porto ranch. >> this area of l.a. county did not experience any planned power outages like other parts of that county, so just like we're experiencing here in the bay area, we're seeing power outage in some places, other places no. so far, mandatory evacuation orders are in place for thousands of people, as you can imagine. let's listen in to our sister station's coverage of the fire right now. >> reporter: -- apparently righ

there are bare shelves in the village market in montclair neighborhood.ut food in the storage truck to keep it fresh until the power comes back on. >> marin county sheriff's office sent out this tweet telling people not -- not -- to call 911 if their power goes out. they want to keep those emergency lines open for real emergencies. dispatchers are getting flooded with calls from people who lost their electricity. if you need to get to someone about the power outage, call 211. 211. or you can text marin shutoff to that number on your screen. >> okay. so, of course, we've got the power outages that were planned by pg&e, but then we have power outages that could happen from tree branches, flying debris. because of all the wind. >> on the nonpower down areas. that's true. something we can watch with the bigger storms that bring rain to the bay area. we get those power outages. this case more extreme because the wind gusts will be very strong and, well, obviously the fire danger is quite high so the humidity gets lower overnight when we've the bay right now we

. >>> in the oakland hills they notified all of the businesses in the montclair village. >>> farms cheeses and wines is moving hundred of bottles of wine at 500 pounds of cheese to another facility. >>> it is a big pain in the rear. >> reporter: they lost $1000 in business in an earlier shut off. this time they will open on sunday without the cheese. just the wine. >>> it is getting harder and harder for small independently owned brick-and-mortar stores to rvive.>> reporter: staying open is impossible down the block at this printing business. everything here runs on power. >>> the last time they turn the power off there wasn't even a breeze here. >>> most insurance companies will not reimburse businesses saying this is a planned event. pg&e saying they will not reimburse these businesses. a lot of people are very frustrated about that. >>> let's take a live look at the golden gate bridge. you can see brown hayes hovering above the smoke from the kincaid fire. drifting into our area. many people around the bay area reporting smelling smoke this afternoon. you can see it against the blue sky

. >>> notified all the businesses in the montclair village. >>> we have to empty out the 500 bottlesrm cheeses and wines is moving hundreds of bottles of wines at 500 pounds of cheese to another facility. >>> it is a big pain in the rear. >> reporter: they will open on sunday without the cheese. just the wine. >>> it is getting harder for small independently owned brick- and-mortar stores to survive. >> reporter: staying open is a possible down the block at this printing business. everything here runs on power. >>> the last time to turn the power out there wasn't even a breeze here. >> reporter: insurance companies will not reimburse businesses. this is a planned event. pg&e will not pay out.>>> we have a complete power shut off survival guide posted our website. if your power is out we will be streaming all of our newscasts on the website. the cbs local app. you can get that on your phone. you can charge that in your car. keep up to date on your mobile devices. >>> another look at the massive plume of smoke rising from the kinkaid fire. the air quality is so bad a high school had to

district says 12 schools may be close that grass valley elementary howard elementary parker elementary montclair elementary sequoyah elementary fruitvale elelurst united middle school bret hart middle school skyline high reds dale high sojourner truth and bay tech charter school center is a unified school district says that murray occur real high rink on valley middle santa rosa middle hidden valley elementary proctor terrace elementary santa rosa accelerated charter school in lewis education center will be closed. tomorrow and all schools in the districts of alum rock hayward except first drone bray elementary now to san leandro and san jose will be closed on wednesday. >>community centers will be set up for folks affected by the power shut off starting tomorrow at 08:00am the centers will remain open during daylight hours only but they will have resources bathrooms water charging stations air conditioning if you're napa county you can go to 1, 0, 0 one fairgrounds drive into lay whole contra costa county has accommodations. ed bishop branch parking lot that's 2600 camino ramon in san ramon in

montclair shopping district and officer posted outside dark storefronts. in fremont admission boulevard of the city's busiest intersections police officers were directing traffic by hand for some time. until there engineers and caltrans jerryrigged the solution. portable generators hooked up to the control box the power just this one intersection alone. there are extra gas cans just in case. all over the area law enforcement agencies are finding a way through the power shut off. but none stand out quite like morgan hill.>>> how does it feel to be alone in this? >> our city staff and leadership step out of their comfort zone.>> reporter: last night they were the only lease department and the bay area to impose a pedestrian curfew in the shut off area. officers were out looking for anyone walking around in the dark. by midnight a sergeant spotted chris and jason gomez along hill avenue. >>> one of the individuals had broken glass on his clothing. eventually found what appeared to be some burglary tools. 50 feet away from where they were located. we found two

late this afternoon, oakland police were directing traffic in the montclair neighborhood where power has been out since saturday. >> we planned ahead. we tried to get some food that wouldn't perish. >> reporter: david kelly says with three kids and no power for three days, it's been a challenge to plan their daily routine. kelly hopes tuesday will be better but doesn't know about the rest of the week. >> i'm going back to work tomorrow. the kids were off school today. i think they're in school tomorrow. hopefully we'll have the power on later tonight and things will be back to normal, but we'll see. >> reporter: the power is also back in berkeley, at least for now. but jeff isn't taking any chances. he's stocking up on emergency supplies for his daughter to last through friday. >> we're down here in the flats, so we don't expect power outages, but we don't know. >> reporter: on the other side of the hill in orinda, the parking lot at casa orinda is emit i and dark. phil stagg says the constant fluctuation in pg&e outages makes it hard to run a business. they've lost more than $50,000

>>that is where phase 2 of the shutdown impacted areas like the montclair district. >>here you see traffic signals not working. gas unable to service customers. foods are being stored in these 2 huge refrigerated trailers. customers say the stores open and trying its best to make nonperishable products available. the lights are out so you have to be guided by an employee with a flashlight. >>kind of going on and off and different. >>governor newsome is speaking live. it is not conditions. this is not from my climate stain story as much as a story about greed. and mismanagement. over the course of decades. 2 that's not public safety, but profits. over the course of years and years and years the kind of hardening of the great was not done. those were decisions. that were made by pacific gas and electric. they chose not to modernize. they're great. over the course of many many years it led to their own demise, it led to bankruptcy it lead to a series of events that culminated. weeks before. i had the privilege of being sworn in as governor of the state of california. yo

from montclair verona. and then moved very young to los angeles. at a time that los angeles was still a little city right before the first cold war. her mother grew up as hollywood grew up. it is the former jewish neighborhood east of downtown that was ruined by all sorts of typical urban disasters. her mother and her grandmother who was from eastern poland came to los angeles because they loved the movies. they loved this thing that was just coming up. from the beginning of the first world war to the end of the first world war became one of the most recognizable and important industries in this country all around the world. hollywood became something that was famous. in brazil, the first book about hollywood and brazil come out and about 1913, 13, 1914. europe, the same. the mother loses her mother at age 33. the grandmother is 33. and then the mother is just an unhappy woman who is very beautiful and dedicated to appearances. she is always kind of looking for a place to be happier. they moved to florida for a while. they moved back to new york. t

grass valley, howard, montclair, sequoia, elmhurst, ruddsdale, skyline and sew joraner's truth. >>> californians should be outraged. >> it was unnecessary. they're in bankruptcy because of their terrible management going back decades. they've created these conditions. it's unnecessary. we're doing everything in our power, my gosh, to help them help themselves. now it's time for them to do the right thing and get out of bankruptcy and get this system to the 21st century. >> governor newsom was referencing pg&e's bankruptcy case. some of these blackouts are needed given the danger of the power lines but as you heard there, said they have to get to speed to avoid these situations altogether. >>> we're going to take a look at what impact if any the van gogh. to harrison, the wine collection. to craig, this rock. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything to preserve and protect them. with love, california. a major problem and going forward traffic is flowing through the tunnel, thank goodness, after they warned they would have to shut all four l

the owner in montclair lost $40,000 and counting. >> i have just given up. to me we're shut down. we're closed. we're not doing any business and we're not going to do any business until the power turns back on. >> people say they're coming to terms it is a new reality. >> make sure you are following abc 7 because we are constantly send i sending updates. sky 7 has this feature that will let you see through the smoke at what the areas are supposed to look like. >>> right now another big fire burning in the southern california's most expensive properties forcing celebrities to leave their homes. >> a live look from our east bay hills camera. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike? >>> i want to give you a quick idea what will happen if you're commuting today. jobina will tell you about hey. ♪hey. you must be steven's phone. now you can take control of your home wifi and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network... only with xfinity xfi. download the xfi app today. >>> let's start off with some good news at 6:10. as we head

in oakland's montclair district tonight the power is on but it is far from business as usual for manycal shop owners are scrambling to recall both recover from the inconvenience of the closures. >> this is our third day closed. several thousand dollars because we are busy around here for sandwiches and things like that. friday is a very good day for meats for the weekends. >> even though they tried to call and tried online, they tried so hard and could not get through. do you think anyone will keep on trying and trying again? >> most of the merchants plan to be back in business tomorrow morning. >>> earlier today we spoke with the state senator, a strong critic of pg&e since the pipeline explosion. we asked him if he thought the power outages were warranted. >> they seemed to be too widespread and we really don't know yet and that is why i have asked the public utilities commission to do a complete and thorough and soon investigation on the circumstances around the power shut off. that is the real problem. we don't know that. what we do know is that the communication, the notification

mary's are told they should be at fruitvale, howard, montclair, sequoia, elmhurst united, skyline and sojourner truth are closed. all other oakland public schools are open. there are many closures in the north bay. we have a complete list on abc7news.com. >> pg&e gave us an outage update last night and dan noyes was there. >> he asked about pg&e's efforts to improve the safety of overhead power lines. >> what steps are you taking to do that much more quickly that's the key reason you are doing this because you can't trust your own equipment at this point, correct? >> we are not necessarily saying that we can't trust our equipment. the factor of safety that existed in the environment naturally when the electrical systems were compromised does not exist anymore. >> the utility says they restored power to 50,000 people in the sierra foothills. they have isolated transmission lines from other lines that may face a high wildfire risk. >>> some residents in humboldt got a sliver of good news. the office of emergency management tweeted this saying pg&e's reporting that it has been given the

abc7 news was in montclair village as people hit the gr hills endured another power outage earlier this month. many shoppers we spoke with say when it comes to the spoiled food, they're just following when in doubt, throw it out. >> you don't want to get sick on top of everything else going on. the things i had to throw out were fruit, yogurt. >> just some dairy products. actually our refrigerator hung in there for a while. and eggs. we s up the eggs. we ate ravioli. >> 5% of customers impacted by pg&e's outages are still in the dark. >>> developing news, dub nation is waiting to find out how long steph curry will be out after he broke his left hand on a hard fal fall. >> steph curry with a lot of contact. >> oh. >> yikes. our sister networ espn reports that curry will have an mri and ct scan, and then the team will decide whether he needs the rec will be. espn also reports that curry has a fracture in the metacarpal. players from around the league are tweeting support. here is patrick beverly writing prayers up to my brother steph, get well soon. >> we'll stay on top of this. you can d

. >> reporter: iris lost $1500 last thursday at his flower shop in oaklands montclair district because of the safety- related power outage. >> some of the flowers went bad and we had to throw them away because it gets warm up there in a few hours or so. >> reporter: now, he may get compensated for at least some of his loss. on monday, governor newsome says pg&e mismanaged the power shut off. he says the utility should give east residential customer or business $100. small businesses he says it should get $200. >> reporter: it is never enough, but anything helps. it is better than nothing. >> reporter: in a letter to pg&e, ceo william johnson, newsom says the outage was a result of your utility prioritizing profit over public safety for decades. he said the rebates should be funded by shareholders, not rate payers. >> we did it with book lights and candles. >> reporter: kathleen kept her bookstore open in the dark. the business plunged 75% that day. >> i think it is right. i think that a lot of people lost a lot of money this week. it was totally unnecessary having the entire business d

iris lost $1500 last thursday at his flower shop in oakland's montclair district because of the safety-relatedsome of the power flowers went bad. we had to throw them away. >> reporter: now, he might get compensated for at least some of his loss. on monday, governor newsome says pg&e mismanaged the power shut off. he says the utility should give each residential customer or household an automatic credit or rebate of $100. small businesses, he said, should get $250. i was says he supports the governor's demand. >> anything would help, it is better than nothing. >> reporter: in a letter to pg&e ceo, william johnson, newsom set the outage was a result of the utility and public safety for decades. the refund will be funded by shareholders. kathleen cardwell kept her bookstore a great big place for book open in the dark. her business plunged 75% that day. i think it is right. i think that a lot of people lost a lot of money. it was totally unnecessary having the enre business shut down. >> reporter: she's is a rebate or credit would not be enough. i think $250 is a start, but

. >> reporter: iris lost $1500 last thursday at his flower shop in oaklands montclair district becauseoutage. >> some of the flowers went bad and we had to throw them away because it gets warm up there in a few hours or so. >> reporter: now, he may get compensated for at least some of his loss. on monday, governor newsome says pg&e mismanaged the power shut off. he says the utility should give east residential customer or business $100. small businesses he says it should get $200. >> reporter: it is never enough, but anything helps. it is better than nothing. >> reporter: in a letter to pg&e, ceo william johnson, newsom says the outage was

>> if we step back, charles, what i teach in my class at montclair state university, how fraud happenson trust. that is makes it so difficult in many situations to be able to stop it. because we're not just talking about the scammer who call as senior on the phone. we're talking about someone in a position of trust, could be a family friend, could be a caretaker, could be a child. then of course we have those licensed professionals, whether it is financial planners, insurance agents, lawyers and accountants also take advantage of their clients. charles: how does someone protect themselves? all the headlines. elder financial abuse, multibillion dollar problem. elderly scammed by their own family members. to your point, trusted professionals target assets of america's elderly. how does someone protect themselves? >> there is number of ways here, charles. to begin with we have to educate seniors. parents, grandparents, so on. you have to sit down and you have to make them understand the potential dangers that are out there. now finra has done a couple things to try to protect seniors. fir

they spent the day restocking their shelves and getting ready to serve montclair village. >> we smallrs, it's pretty impossible to absorb this forever. this is our second hit. the experts say that this is the last one this season. i hope they're right. but i don't know many small businesses that could afford three of these. >> shoppers flocked to supermarkets to buy milk, meat and other items to replace food that spoiled during the latest power outage in the oakland hills. >>> when it comes to food safety, if in doubt, throw it out. we have guidelines about how long perishable food can stay in a power outage. you'll findi the list at abc 7news.com. >>> spencer christian is here with a look at our forecast. >> things are looking up weatherwise because the wind is dying down. here's live doppler 7 and we've got mainly clear skies. it's going to be chilly tonight. in fact you'll feel the chill -- actually sunset has occurred already, hasn't it. we are feeling the chill. this is the view from sutro tower. 67 in the city, 65 at oakland. redwood city 68, san jose 65, gilroy 59. here's mt. t

abc7 news was in montclair village as people hit the grocery stores to restock their fridge. some people in oakland hills endured another power outage earlier this month. many shoppers we spoke with say when it comes to the spoiled en in ub it ou you dofon'tverything se on. the gs i wegu. >> just some dairy products. actually our refrigerator hung in there for a while. and eggs. we scrambled up the eggs.e dark. >>> developing news, dub nation is waiting to find out how long steph curry will be out after he broke his left hand on a hard fall. >> steph curry with a lot of contact. >> oh. >> yikes. our sister network espn reports that curry will have an mri and ct scan and after looking at those results, the team will decide whether he needs surgery and what the recovery timetable will look like. espn also reports that curry has a fracture in the metacarpal. that's the bone in the hand below the index finger. curry went down in the third quarter and left the game. players from around the league are tweeting support. including clippers guard beverly who writes prayers up to my br

fruitvale, howard, montclair, sequoia, elmhurst united, skyline and sojourner truth are closed.ll other oakland public schools are open. there are many closures in the north bay. we have a complete list on the ticker scrolling at the bottom of the screen and you can find it on our website, abc7news.com. >>> the city of morgan hill is enforcing a curfew overnight. it was supposed to go into effect at 7:00 p.m. but was delayed until the power was turned off. city officials say they wanted to do tce t chance of criminal activity in the areas impacted by the outages. >> in just a minute we'll talk to a pg&e spokesperson on the outages. i appreciate the questions you've been sending in. we'll try to get answers to as many of those as possible. >> right now, let's get back to abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. >> the air is extremely dry and so it the vegetation. we need to be vigilant all day today as critical fire conditions will hang around until 5:00. look at flag and the golden gate bridge.is unfurled and flapping hard. chasing away the fog and the sea breeze that could bring us

montclair is up by 6.9%.s reporting sales numbers for the last nine months going better than anticipated. up, bothx and wpp are giving positive sounds and not cutting any estimates or talking negatively about global growth enough to shore up those particular stories in the market. let's move to the downside. stunning moves lower. byparticular, ubisoft down 20.5%. united internet in germany is down by 17.5%. it's a cut to the guidance that is the problem. -- hauser bush anheuser-busch also down. gemini is also down by 4.8%. let's get a first word news update in london. boris johnson's bid for an early election has been thrown into doubt. sayss after jeremy corbyn a backing depends on the length of a brexit delay granted by the european union. bloomberg understands the eu is planning to delay its decision to avoid getting caught up in westminster politics. barclays is warning that low interest rates will make it tough to hit targets next year. that's after a bank reported revenue for the third quarter beating t

. >> reporter: iris lost $1500 last thursday in his flower shop in oakland's montclair district because of the safety related power outage. >> some of the flowers went bad. we had to throw them away because it gets warm up there in a few hours or so. >> reporter: now, he might get compensated for at least some of his loss. on monday, governor newsome says pg&e mismanaged the power shut off. he says the utility should give each residential customer or household an automatic credit or rebate of $100. small businesses, he said, should get $250. iris says he supports the governor's demand. >> anything would help, it is better than nothing. >> reporter: in a letter to pg&e ceo, william johnson, newsom set the outage was a result of the utility and public safety for decades. he set the rebate should be funded by shareholders, not rent payers. kathleen cardwell kept her bookstore a great big place for book open in the dark. her business plunged 75% that day. >>i think it is right. i think that a lot of people lost a lot of money. it was totally unnecessary having the entire business shut down.

but on the heels of the great montclair success, our ceo thought let's go after consumer differently.ll and i to think about consumer brands in a way that really resonated with the consumer who is talking and tugging at the heart strings of consumers today. so we have 800 million allocated to invest across consumer vert kalts, fashion, beauty, home, leisure, food and wellness we've done now five investments, two in beauty, nest fragrances and pat mcgrath color cosmetics. in active wear, we invested in bandier and q mix. >> it's brilliant. >> brooklyn based. >> brooklyn based. and what you just -- it's just crushing it, because no one wants the big old brands just like bud. q is craft versus bud. >> it's true the emerge brands are winning. how we shop is being disrupted as a result, consumers can kind of -- the transparency drives great knowledge about these brands so the consumer demands a soul >> soul? >> a soul. >> the consumer demands a soul >> yeah. >> people think facebook is phony. and they think instagram is phony. do they have a soul? >> what we found is our founders, all of o

. >> kris reyes has the latest from oakland's montclair district. kris? >> good evening. we're in a happy neighborhood again. moments ago i saw a family playing off their balcony over my shoulder there. i yelled is the power back on, and they gave me the thumbs-up. that's a brand-new development. this is what it was like all day today. the answer is yes, yes, and yes. >> good day. >> the sandwich shop is open. >> we have a policy, never close. >> but the business is so slow, it might as well be closed. >> we've had two orders so far. and we usually do hundreds. >> all the customers likely at home like brad briscoe, trying to keep the house rung. >> water and food for the dogs. and making sure that i have ice or a way to keep all my food cold. and, you know, being able to light the house. so we've got some lanterns and flashlights and stuff like that. >> like his neighbors, he has to drive down the hill to other nearby areas with power and supplies to sell. hard enough to keep one house running. imagine what it's like at the oakland zoo. they're dealing with 100 acres and

lawrence hall of science for instance in that area as we move the map a bit you'll see clermont and montclair piedmont that portion of the east bay hills right where 24 cuts right through into the call caught on on the course want come out the other side. you're in la mer end of those 3 cities lafayette moraga and a rent you can see on the map widespread power outages right now if you've ever been to the area, you know it's because it's incredibly tough terrain very steep hills very dense. foliage and especially in places like marotta they had the risk of fire last night one did break out and that was part of our ongoing coverage of not only the pg e power blackout but the high fire danger that exist which is why the blackouts were instituted in the first place by pg n a but we're continue to fall latest on that area. yeah let's go to right now. >>and as high when broke out around 1 o'clock in the morning you can see all the. the flames rising here from merrill drive just south of saint mary's college. >>it burned 40 acres before they had at 70% contained and that was at last check but you ca

her mother was an alcoholic from new jersey from montclair mayor to a place los angeles was a little city still before the world for. her mother grew up as hollywood grew up in the former jewish neighborhood east of downtown that was ruined by all sorts of typical disasters. her mother and grandmother from eastern poland came to los angeles because they loved the movies, they loved this thing was just coming up. it became one of the most recognizable and important industries in the country all around the world and hollywood became something that was certainly famous symbols though. the first books about hollywood in brazil come out and about 1913, 1914. the mother loses her mother and then the father dies and the mother is an unhappy woman whose beautiful and dedicated to appearances and is always kind of looking for a place to be happier. they moved to florida for a while, new york, new jersey, arizona, los angeles and then finally to hawaii. this is an isolating experience for people if you know someone in the army not only did she not have a father but she doesn't really have a mo

many people were frustrated in the oakland montclair neighborhood, the power may be back on but some homes have no cable, internet, phone, or home security camera contest says service relies on commercial electric power from pg&e and right now there is no known restoration day. >>> in other news the man accused of killing a young woman at a bart station last year will be back in court to enter a plea, he is facing murder charges for the stabbing death of mia wilson. also charged with the tempted murder after he allegedly stabbed his sister who survived the attack. have the enters a plea today his attorney is expected to file a motion for a grand jury indicted. a reasonable likelihood making all or any part of the motion public while prejudice rights to a fair and impartial trial. being found guilty of sexual assault while he was on duty. the jury yesterday found noah winchester guilty of assaulting five women. three in san mateo in 2015 at two 2013 in sacramento county where he once worked as a community college police officer. prosecutors say winchester threatened to arrest women if

clark was honored on october 25 by the montclair, new jersey, branch of the naacp. few hon nooree -- honorees have been more dedicated to serving the public good ms. clark has spevent her entire life helping the underserved and the most vulnerable residents of essex county. she started in child development at the newark day care center. she has worked for social services and served as the director of a needs-based youth summer camp. during her 30 years in the essex county judicial system, she helped single mothers get child support and work to keep juveniles from becoming criminals. she is a respected and beloved resident of my district as well as a great friend and family member and a loved one. and this honor is well, well deserved. we are very, very proud of the work that ms. anita clark has done for her community throughout her time in essex county. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute

this is the police making the traffic stops in the area, and in montclair, because people are going through the intersections and the lights are not working and so it has been tough for the people, i ges in the dark to see, but now that it is sunlight, the officers are making sure that people are respecting the four-way stops and making sure that people are safe. >> because of this, oakland has deployed additional officers. we saw this yesterday morning in the north bay when people either were not prepared to stop, not paying attention or they just i don't know what they were doing. they just weren't being safe. so we all need to be careful this morning since many more of our communities don't have power and a lot of you are just about to get out of the door. so, make sure that you are slowing down and the light up there is not going to be doing anything. >> so we are talking about the power outages leading to issues including the traffic lights out, and also, we are under a red flag warning in so many counties in the bay area, and mike has been tracking that for us and the wind conditions,